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We Need Each Other – Animal Blessing

Sunday Service at 10 AM
in person (3331 Old Conejo Road, Newbury Park)
or via Zoom
We have been gifted a beautifully intertwined relationship with our pets and the wider animal community. We rely on one another for comfort, safety, companionship, and joy. Join us at Chalice for our Animal Blessing as we lift up this miraculous part of our interdependent web of life. (Due to space restrictions, we kindly ask that our animal friends enjoy the service from the comforts of home. Please send in pictures or spotlight your beloveds on Zoom!)
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Meeting ID: 209 555 249
Phone: 16699009128
Password: 2020
You can also view our Livestream on FB

Our Sacred Earth in Words and Music

Sunday Service at 10 AM
in person (3331 Old Conejo Road, Newbury Park)
or via Zoom
What comes to mind when you think of sacred spaces? A cathedral, a temple, a burial ground? Native American spirituality teaches us that we are all intimately connected to the natural world and every being around us. Likewise, John Muir, and our transcendentalist forbearers, saw the natural world as sacred and divine. The earth herself is our sacred space. But our Mother Earth is in trouble right now, which means we are in trouble. Yet, “No one will protect what they don’t care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced,” said David Attenborough. Today Rev Nica and Merlin Snider will use music and words to reflect upon our sacred space, Earth.
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Meeting ID: 209 555 249
Phone: 16699009128
Password: 2020
You can also view our Livestream on FB

Ingathering – Invitation to Joy!

Our Ingathering is a special annual service inviting us all to return to the home of our souls, our precious Chalice community. Today we offer an invitation to joy, inviting you to experience joy in your lives, in our community, service and celebration. Join us to bring a smile to your face!

Chalice Circles

Sunday Service at 10 AM
in person (3331 Old Conejo Road, Newbury Park)
or via Zoom
Chalice Circles provide opportunities for us to enrich our lives, strengthen our fellowship community, and deepen our connections. Through the spiritual practices of deep listening, authentic sharing and respectful silence, Chalice Circles affirm and promote our UU values of transformation, pluralism and love. Come hear about the lasting impact of these small group gatherings.
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Meeting ID: 209 555 249
Phone: 16699009128
Password: 2020
You can also view our Livestream on FB

The Power of Pausing

Sunday Service at 10 AM
in person (3331 Old Conejo Road, Newbury Park)
or via Zoom
Our work ethic culture encourages us to keep pushing on, working hard, and getting things done. But sometimes, particularly when the path ahead is unclear, it helps to take a pause, reflect, and listen deeply within. Join us today to explore the uncomfortable tension of pausing amidst the need to progress.
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Meeting ID: 209 555 249
Phone: 16699009128
Password: 2020
You can also view our Livestream on FB

Back to School, Back to Life

As we return from our summers and children go back to school, how can we intentionally re-engage with this season of life? What do we want to create in our lives now? Bring your backpack or handbag and join us for our annual Blessing of the Backpacks and to find inspiration for your return.

Braiding Sweetgrass

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How do you connect with Mother Earth? Is it through science? Through nature? The ancestors? Perhaps something else? Over the past year, Chalice’s Braiding Sweetgrass group has explored these questions and more with the guidance of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book of the same title. Join us as members of this group share their own stories and reflections of their relationship with our Dear Mother.

Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda

Humans can be hard on ourselves, giving no quarter for not knowing something the first time, allowing no room for the grace of learning. We are hard on ourselves and each other. Rev. Dana of the Ventura UU Church shares a practice of grace, possibly even for the ‘hot button’ issues of our day.